Numbers 35:5-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ Measure 1,000 yards^[a] outside the city for the east side, 1,000 yards^[b] for the south side, 1,000 yards^[c] for the west side, and 1,000 yards^[d] for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.

⁶ “The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge,^(A) which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.^{(B) 7} The total number of cities you give the Levites will be 48, along with their pasturelands.